Elizabeth Keckley Quotes
Mr. Lincoln was generous by nature, and though his whole heart was in the war, he could not but respect the valor of those opposed to him. His soul was too great for the narrow, selfish views of partisanship. Brave by nature himself, he honored bravery in others, even his foes.Elizabeth Keckley
Quotes to Explore
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
Ira Glass -
Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
Eckhart Tolle -
I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
Tea Obreht -
There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
Pamela Stephenson -
I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887 - 1976) lived and painted.
Ian Mckellen -
One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
J. Cole
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I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.
Lady Gaga -
While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
Forest Whitaker -
I want to go out and chase greatness. That's all I want to do.
J. J. Watt -
My fear is that if we don't take remedial steps to control polio in the tribal areas, we will be faced with international sanctions.
Mamnoon Hussain -
I think Shakespeare is really the one. Words as music and music as words. Everything he wrote was good, which is really frightening.
Captain Beefheart -
Take a relief. You draw it, you carve it out. Later you build it up from a flat surface. There is no other way to do a sculpture - you either add or you subtract.
Urs Fischer
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I'm a healthy weight for my height, and I like how I look on most days.
Gail Simmons -
What I like about playing America is you can be pretty sure you're not going to get hit with a full can of beer when you're singing and I really enjoy that!
Joe Strummer The Clash -
If one has no vanity in this life of ours, there is no sufficient reason for living.
Leo Tolstoy -
Everything that depends on the action of nature is by nature as good as it can be, and similarly everything that depends on art or any rational cause, and especially if it depends on the best of all causes. To entrust to chance what is greatest and most noble would be a very defective arrangement.
Aristotle -
Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.
Mason Cooley -
It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like.
James Patterson
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The Internet has been seen in the West as the quintessential expression of the free exchange of ideas and information, untrammeled by government interference and increasingly global in reach. But the Chinese government has shown that the Internet can be successfully filtered and controlled.
Martin Jacques -
I'd like to do more Shakespeare. I'd like to do Iago in Othello. I look so benign. It would be interesting to see that black evil come out of my soul.
Kyle MacLachlan -
It's easy to be an educated fool.
R. C. Sproul -
There is a vital connection between satyagraha and charkha, and the more I find that belief challenged, the more I am confirmed in it.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I live in a world where there's magazines and blogs, and people feel like they are allowed to criticize me, and in the meanest way.
Khloe Kardashian -
Mr. Lincoln was generous by nature, and though his whole heart was in the war, he could not but respect the valor of those opposed to him. His soul was too great for the narrow, selfish views of partisanship. Brave by nature himself, he honored bravery in others, even his foes.
Elizabeth Keckley